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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 5, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 44-38, 3rd, 5 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (25, RHP, 6-5, 3.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-5) 104.1 81 41 40 42 88 14 3.45
2008 (11-9) 184.2 170 83 76 59 128 19 3.70
2007 (5-7) 83.0 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.2 38 17 17 15 35 9 3.50 55
2009-06-30 @TOR W 7.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 111 59
2009-06-24 PHI W 8.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 117 76
2009-06-18 @COL L 5.0 5 4 4 2 5 3 83 44
2009-06-12 WSN ND 5.2 7 3 3 4 5 0 116 44
2009-06-07 @NYY ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 2 1 96 55
2009-05-31 MIN L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 104 56
2009-05-26 @CLE L 6.0 5 4 4 0 7 3 106 53
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 27.1 18 7 6 5 26 3 1.98 66
2008-08-15 @TEX W 9.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 119 90
2008-06-08 @TEX L 4.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 77 39
2008-05-28 TEX W 8.0 4 2 2 2 10 0 114 74
2007-09-19 TEX W 6.1 6 2 1 0 5 1 109 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-13   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  31-21   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  6-9  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sat, Jul  4  @TEX  L   4-12      44-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3  @TEX  L   1-3       44-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @TOR  L   0-5       44-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @TOR  W   4-1       44-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @TOR  W   4-1       43-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   FLA  W   5-2       42-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   FLA  W   3-2       41-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   FLA  W   7-3       40-35  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   PHI  W  10-4       39-35  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   PHI  W   7-1       38-35  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Rangers, 44-35, 1st, Tied

SP: Scott Feldman (26, RHP, 6-2, 4.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-2) 83.2 73 38 38 26 43 11 4.09
2008 (6-8) 151.1 161 103 89 56 74 22 5.29
2007 (1-2) 39.0 44 26 25 32 19 3 5.77
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 38 19 19 12 19 6 4.14 51
2009-06-30 LAA W 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 116 49
2009-06-25 @ARI ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 94 52
2009-06-19 @SFG L 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 2 100 40
2009-06-13 LAD ND 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 57 62
2009-06-08 TOR L 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 2 94 42
2009-06-03 @NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 3 5 1 98 57
2009-05-29 OAK W 6.0 5 2 2 3 2 0 104 53
Last 5 v.TBR 0-0 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 2.57 62
2008-06-07 TBR ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 108 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-17   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  26-24   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 15-4  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sat, Jul  4   TBR  W  12-4       44-35  1st    Tied
 78 Fri, Jul  3   TBR  W   3-1       43-35  1st    Tied
 77 Wed, Jul  1   LAA  W   9-7       42-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   LAA  W   9-5       41-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   LAA  L   2-5       40-35  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   SDP  L   0-2       40-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   SDP  L   3-7       40-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   SDP  W  12-2       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @ARI  W   9-8 (12)  39-32  1st  0.5 up
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @ARI  W   2-1       38-32  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 TEX  3  TBR  1        W:Tommy Hunter (1-1), L: Scott Kazmir (4-5), S: Frank Francisco (13)

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (9-6), L: Dustin Nippert (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (5)
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 TEX  3  TBR  0        W:Matt Harrison (5-2), L: Edwin Jackson (9-8), S: Eddie Guardado (4)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  0        W:Matt Garza (10-7), L: Kevin Millwood (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 TEX  6  TBR  3        W:Doug Mathis (2-1), L: Matt Garza (4-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 TBR  5 @TEX  4        W:J.P. Howell (5-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (3-2), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 TBR 12 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (6-1), L: Vicente Padilla (7-3), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 TBR  5  TEX  3        W:Matt Garza (4-1), L: Kason Gabbard (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)
Tue, May 27, 2008 TEX 12 @TBR  6        W:Vicente Padilla (7-2), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-3), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 TBR  7  TEX  3        W:Scott Kazmir (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 2-0; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 62-46

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2009 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.51

CHW  4.48

SDP  3.76

RA/G

SFG  3.70

COL  4.57

WSN  5.71

BA

J. Mauer  .390

B. Gardner  .286

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .464

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .242

SLG

A. Pujols  .748

C. Granderson  .474

N. Punto  .234

OPS

A. Pujols  1.208

N. Johnson  .817

N. Punto  .544

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.00

R. Porcello  3.90

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rays Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 171/108 .285/.380/.479/.859 .900/.836 .853 36/1.163 0/0 7/3
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.667 242/163 .357/.398/.552/.950 1.004/.925 .943 64/.777 17/1 8/6
5.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 189/129 .225/.339/.313/.651 .633/.657 .640 63/.625 2/0 3/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.625 354/231 .319/.376/.458/.834 .724/.894 .850 101/.800 40/7 8/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/10 .333/.429/.458/.887 .817/1.000 .607 8/.250 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 172/153 .274/.384/.425/.808 1.383/.745 .774 67/.882 6/3 4/3
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/41 .265/.286/.338/.624 .572/.659 .456 19/.421 2/1 1/0
27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 119/34 .243/.328/.495/.823 1.076/.241 .841 31/1.708 3/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 320/227 .294/.375/.552/.927 .905/.936 1.025 89/.715 2/0 16/8
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 246/171 .211/.242/.303/.544 .605/.518 .587 71/.590 2/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.333 344/223 .236/.366/.546/.912 .842/.951 .784 102/.947 1/1 23/8
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/.000 341/239 .246/.333/.384/.717 .642/.745 .686 109/.866 29/7 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 262/177 .292/.412/.620/1.033 1.176/.964 .992 97/.915 8/3 16/3
IP 83.2 24.2 28.2 23.2 55.1 28.1 34.0 TOTAL .274/.355/.460/.815 .840/.803 .796 .825 122/29 105/59
ERA-K/9 4.09/4.6 2.19/9.8 4.71/8.2 4.56/5.3 6.18/7.0 1.27/8.6 2.65/7.7 4.37/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.234 98/.189 131/.301 101/.289 222/.310 113/.214 148/.250 .265
OPS .684 .588 .813 .854 .886 .619 .705 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.668 47/.529 55/.864 35/1.142 64/.825 36/.927 47/.555 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.702 51/.644 76/.778 66/.695 158/.911 77/.470 101/.769 .753
Home 188/.662 48/.542 82/.843 73/1.039 116/1.104 62/.480 80/.577
Last 28d days 119/.735 22/1.064 32/.536 38/1.023 81/.854 43/.647 45/.653
HR/SB/CS 11/9/3 3/0/0 3/3/1 4/2/1 9/6/0 3/5/1 2/2/1 91/50/20
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo··· X····o·· o···Xo·· X······X ···oX·X· ·X·XX·X·
Rangers Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
14.Price*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/160 .270/.330/.379/.710 .804/.666 .778 59/.639 16/1 3/12
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 10/1.214 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 242/183 .247/.293/.547/.840 .634/.911 .853 59/.818 2/0 17/2
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/1
22.Byrd G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.278 274/185 .286/.321/.478/.800 .734/.831 .917 89/.820 3/1 7/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 303/220 .264/.330/.531/.861 .759/.899 .897 82/.680 13/1 20/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/191 .201/.256/.417/.674 .497/.749 .644 76/.607 0/0 15/2
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.733 168/84 .239/.345/.500/.845 .790/.893 .892 53/.666 3/0 10/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 14/.665 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/3.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.750 359/253 .259/.335/.506/.842 1.153/.708 .992 105/.676 16/2 19/6
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/1.064 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 208/170 .258/.345/.427/.772 .544/.822 .764 78/.927 5/4 7/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 230/153 .245/.300/.373/.673 .669/.674 .752 66/.652 0/2 6/4
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/59 .215/.282/.292/.574 .558/.578 .564 19/.474 0/0 0/3
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 82/67 .297/.342/.378/.720 1.000/.651 .755 26/.497 4/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 11/.273 7/.286 28/.358 1/.000 3/1.334 7/.619 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 336/241 .312/.366/.494/.860 .924/.834 .869 104/.745 4/1 10/6
IP 104.1 38.0 2.1 12.2 47.0 38.2 32.2 82.2 38.0 27.2 TOTAL .256/.317/.455/.773 .771/.773 .824 .693 68/12 118/56
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.6 4.26/9.0 3.86/3.9 1.42/9.9 2.87/4.6 1.63/10.7 4.41/8.5 4.14/5.0 5.21/9.5 3.58/6.5 4.11/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.214 161/.221 10/.400 47/.143 179/.223 160/.187 146/.218 342/.259 167/.229 110/.233 .252
OPS .656 .631 .800 .448 .589 .542 .784 .742 .751 .702 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.638 67/.727 1/2.000 26/.237 93/.588 54/.646 96/.781 180/.688 42/.905 40/1.007 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.676 94/.560 9/.667 21/.722 86/.588 106/.488 50/.785 162/.799 125/.698 70/.525 .744
Road 179/.722 76/.683 2/1.000 22/.654 112/.515 84/.574 84/.770 215/.729 73/.869 58/.546
Last 28d days 126/.722 47/.483 10/.800 35/.452 30/.726 44/.462 35/.330 85/.729 99/.767 34/.441
HR/SB/CS 14/1/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 1/2/1 7/6/0 8/14/4 6/3/3 4/3/0 87/46/15
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···o o···o·XX ·o·ooo·· X······· ····o·XX ·X····o· X····X·· X·····X· ·o···X·o

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.